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Can a dual processor machine with a 32 bit os address a maximum of 4Gb or 8Gb of memory?

Can a dual processor machine with a 32 bit os address a maximum of 4Gb or 8Gb of memory?

Am I right in thinking that each processor can independently address 4GB, so the answer is 8Gb?

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Actually, as I understand it, it's less on x86 some operating systems (like Windows) because there's a hardware I/O memory hole at the top; you actually end up with about 3.4 GiB of your 4 GiB addressable.